{"id":10422,"date":"2025-12-26T10:18:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T04:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=674827"},"modified":"2025-12-26T10:18:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T04:48:05","slug":"ashes-4th-test-josh-tongue-becomes-first-england-bowler-in-21st-century-to-claim-test-five-for-at-mcg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ashes-4th-test-josh-tongue-becomes-first-england-bowler-in-21st-century-to-claim-test-five-for-at-mcg\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashes 4th Test\u201d Josh Tongue becomes first England bowler in 21st century to claim Test five-for at MCG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Tongue etched his name into the history books with a standout bowling performance at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, becoming <strong>the first England bowler in the 21st century to take a five-wicket haul in a Test at the iconic venue<\/strong>. Tongue\u2019s achievement ended a long wait for England, with the last such feat dating back to <strong>1998<\/strong>, when <strong>Darren Gough and Dean Headley<\/strong> had managed five-fors at the MCG.<\/p>\n<p>Operating with pace, accuracy and relentless discipline on a seamer-friendly surface, Tongue dismantled Australia\u2019s batting lineup and played a central role in bundling the hosts out for a modest total. His spell not only put England firmly on top in the contest but also marked a significant personal milestone in one of cricket\u2019s most challenging arenas.<\/p>\n<p>The five-wicket haul underlined Tongue\u2019s growing impact in Test cricket and added a rare England chapter to the rich Ashes history at the MCG, a venue where visiting fast bowlers have traditionally found success hard to come by.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Tongue etched his name into the history books with a standout bowling performance at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, becoming\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":32915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}